2023 in reptile paleontology
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This list of fossil reptiles described in 2023 is a list of new taxa of fossil reptiles that were described during the year 2023, as well as other significant discoveries and events related to reptile paleontology that occurred in 2023.
Lizards and snakes
Research
- Shi et al. (2023) describe an assemblage of early Pliocene snake fossils entombed with the mammalian fauna from Houxushan (Queshan, Henan, China), and interpret the studied fossils as indicative of a warmer and more humid climate in this region during the early Pliocene.[1]
Turtles
Research
- Tong et al. (2023) describe a skull of a member of the species Solemys gaudryi from the Upper Cretaceous (Campanian) Bastide Neuve locality (Var, France), providing new information on the skull anatomy of helochelydrid turtles.[2]
Archosaurs
References
- ^ Shi, J.; Wang, Y.; Messenger, K. R.; Jiangzuo, Q.; Chen, Y.; Jin, C. (2023). "Early Pliocene fossil snakes (Squamata, Colubroidea) with various teeth from the fissure deposit from Queshan, Henan, China". Historical Biology: An International Journal of Paleobiology. doi:10.1080/08912963.2022.2161382.
- ^ Tong, H.; Buffetaut, E.; Méchin, P.; Méchin-Salessy, A.; Claude, J. (2023). "A Solemys Skull from the Late Cretaceous of Southern France". Diversity. 15 (1). 58. doi:10.3390/d15010058.